29 Facts About Emily Whitehead

Emily Whitehead represented Australia at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games and is a two-time Oceanic all-around champion.

Emily Whitehead is the 2015 Australian junior national all-around champion and a three-time national all-around medalist at the senior level.

Emily Whitehead won a silver medal on the vault at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup.

Emily Whitehead began gymnastics when she was four years old because her older sister was a gymnast.

Emily Whitehead made her international debut at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy, helping the Australian team place fifth and finishing twenty-fourth in the all-around.

Emily Whitehead won a gold medal with the Victorian team and won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Alysha Djuric.

Emily Whitehead won the gold medal on the balance beam and the bronze medal on the floor exercise, and she placed fifth on vault and fourth on uneven bars.

Emily Whitehead opened her 2015 season at the City of Jesolo Trophy placing fourth with the Australian team and in the uneven bars event final.

Emily Whitehead won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Talia Folino and the bronze medal on the vault.

Emily Whitehead only competed on the uneven bars and did not advance into the event final.

Emily Whitehead was initially selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in its effort to qualify a team spot for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Emily Whitehead returned to all-around competition at the 2017 American Cup in Newark, New Jersey where she finished seventh with a total score of 48.399.

Emily Whitehead won the silver medal on the vault at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup behind Slovenia's Tjasa Kysselef, the first World Cup medal of her career.

Emily Whitehead was selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongside Georgia-Rose Brown, Alexandra Eade, Rianna Mizzen, and Georgia Godwin, and they won the bronze medal in the team event behind England and Canada.

Emily Whitehead won the bronze medal in the vault final behind Canadians Shallon Olsen and Ellie Black.

Emily Whitehead competed in the balance beam final and finished fifth.

Emily Whitehead won the gold medal on vault, the silver medal on floor exercise, the bronze medal on balance beam, and placed fourth on uneven bars.

Emily Whitehead won the silver medal on the floor exercise and placed fourth on the uneven bars and balance beam.

Emily Whitehead then competed at the 2018 World Championships in Doha alongside Georgia-Rose Brown, Alexandra Eade, Emma Nedov, and Erin Modaro, and the team finished fifteenth in the qualification round.

Emily Whitehead began her 2019 season at the Australian Championships and finished fourth in the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and ninth in the floor exercise.

Emily Whitehead did not compete in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

Emily Whitehead won the all-around gold medal at the 2021 Oceanic Championships and earned a continental quota spot for the 2020 Olympics.

Emily Whitehead won the uneven bars and floor exercise silver medals and placed fourth on the balance beam.

Emily Whitehead represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo alongside teammate Georgia Godwin.

Emily Whitehead began her 2022 season at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where Australia won the bronze medal behind the United States and Italy.

Emily Whitehead won gold on floor exercise and bronze on balance beam, and she placed fourth on the uneven bars.

Emily Whitehead defended her all-around title at the 2022 Oceania Championships and won team, vault, and floor exercise gold, silver on uneven bars, and bronze on balance beam.

Emily Whitehead was then selected to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Romi Brown, Georgia Godwin, Kate McDonald, and Breanna Scott.

In June 2024 Emily Whitehead was named to the Australian team to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Kate McDonald, Emma Nedov, Ruby Pass, and Breanna Scott.